Course GSA352

International Social Work: Contemporary Debates and Practices

7.5 Credits
First Cycle
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Starts week 3, 2024

Knowledge and understanding

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • demonstrate basic knowledge about central theoretical debates and key concepts in international social work
  • demonstrate basic knowledge of the conditions for international social work in specific geographical contexts
  • demonstrate knowledge of the relationship between global processes and social work.

Competence and skills

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • identify and discuss an international social work response to a global challenge
  • independently apply theoretical concepts to a case of international social work of their choice
  • analyse international social work from the perspective of global relations of power and justice issues.

Judgement and approach

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • reflect on ethical dilemmas in international social work
  • discuss and evaluate global visions of social work in relation to local variations and the diversity of social work practices
  • reflect on own personal attitudes, cultural values, biases and approaches.
Starts and ends:
week 3, 2024 - week 22, 2024
Study Rate:
25%
Location:
Flexible (Falun)
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Other:
Only for Exchange Students (Erasmus)
Entry Qualifications :
  • 30 credits in the field of the Social Sciences and English 6
Application Code:
HDA-V3GRK
Main field of study:
Online Education
Compulsory meetings:
0 physical
6 online
Computer Skills:

Surf on the Internet, read and send emails, use a word-processing programme (e.g. Word). Connect a camera and headphones to the computer and install a programme using instructions.

Computer Capacity:

Access to a computer (Not a mini pc, tablet or similar) that is not older than three years (or equivalent) and broadband connection, at least 1 Mbit/s (not mobile broadband, because mobile broadband can vary considerably in speed).

Means of Education:

Higher rate of web-based communication where our learning platform (Learn/Canvas) is a natural element of the course. Web-based meetings with sound and image where simple presentations can be held. Lectures can be broadcast live or can alternatively be made available afterwards online.

Literature List

Literature lists are published at the latest one month ahead of the course start date.

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Zlatana Knezevic
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